wish me luck!

[sloane]

DS has never really self-settled & has fed to sleep most of the time but the time feels right now to see if we can help him to settle by himself.

in my desperation recently, i rang up the queen elizabeth centre & have a phone call booked with one of their nurses for 19th july. i still don't really want to try their methods so i figure that this now gives me a good length of time to see what we can achieve ourselves, in a gentle way.

phew. i just had to get it out there to make it more real, so i don't chicken out. i don't know if self-settling will have any impact on DS' frequent night waking, but figure it's not a bad thing for him either way.

[Olive]

best of luck darl

have you looked up Dr Jay gordan before?

[Party-of-five]

good luck

[onthefly]

Good luck - hope you see some improvement soon.

Just by the by, DS started self settling on his own... at nearly 2. With any luck you can get there a bit sooner

[Nicole S]

Best of luck, my ds is only a little older than your little man so let us know how you go as I am still nursing him to sleep atm too!!

[*Beema*]

Goodluck it must have been a very difficult decision to make, I hope you get some useful advice xxoo

[Heaven]

Good luck! You can do it!
I'm still feeding DD to sleep too. But I second the Jay Gordon stuff. She is now able to self-settle during the night quite often.

[indie24]

Good luck. My niece recently had a phone interview with them and the advice they gave her has helped. It is surprisingly a "gentle" method. But in saying that her little man is older.

Hope it all works out for the best

[tellytubby]

oh good luck!
another book i enjoed reading was the no cry sleep solution

[BekZ]

All the best. I love the no cry sleep solution too

[Miss E]

Good luck with it all hon x

[MummaSue]

Good luck!!
I also have the no cry sleep solution and have implemented a few of the ideas which seem to be working! Although, not all the time (but my LO is only 2 months old).

Hope it works out for you.
Sue xxx

[sloane]

thanks everyone. i'm feeling very warm & fuzzy now after reading all your responses

olive - i've had a look at dr jay gordon's stuff & i really like the sound of it. i was planning to give his night weaning a go after DS turns 1. i love his attitude of ' pay the baby' .

re-the NCSS, i think that's the approach i'm going for. i have temporarily misplaced my copy but i'm going to have a look around for it & try & follow it.

marcellus - thank you! i have never had any indication from DS that he would self-settle (or sleep for more than 2 hours at any time of day ) but this morning i stopped patting the mattress when he looked close to sleep & instead of doing his usual - eyes snap wide open, ready to get up again, he drifted off. so that gave me the idea that maybe i could gently coax him along a bit. he just did it again. small steps!!

Nicole S - i found DS was starting to get a bit hit & miss with whether he'd actually feed to sleep so i've tried to stop it (unless he's really tired) in the last week or two. i think it helps that my DS sleeps on a king single mattress on the floor of his room - it means i can lie next to him & give him a cuddle. he just gets so worked up if he goes in the cot.

okay, i didn't mean to post that much! sorry!

[Tinsel]

Good luck, hope it works out! We are in the same boat here but I am finding Amelia actually wants to be put down in her cot but still wants me to hold her hand (which kills my back leaning over the cot). I'm hoping our little ones are actually ready for the transition now. At 10.5kg, Amelia puts a lot of strain on my shoulders too.

I'm off to check out this Jay Gordon